The Bic Velocity Gel 0.7 ink pen writes smoothly and lightely. The griper helps tremendously when writing long papers or in my case filling in leases for apartments. The Bic Velocity Gel 0.7 is a great writing instrument, especially for those of us with poor hand writing, I feel that the Bic Velocity Gel helpss improve my writing. Which I need all the help I can get, I would muchrather type than write, however in my line of work that isn't an option. The Bic Velocity 0.7 will always be my favorite pen!